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Ranking The World Records Heading Into Rio: Women’s Edition

Katinka Hosszu will take on one of the toughest world records on the books in Rio: the women’s 400 IM.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Preview: Is Missy Back in Women’s 100 Back?

Missy Frankin was the best backstroker on the planet in 2012 and 2013. But now a crowd of young talents threatens her return trip to the Olympics in the 100 back.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 51% Say Ledecky Should Skip Taper For U.S. Trials

SwimSwam readers overwhelmingly expressed their support for no taper or a limited taper for Ledecky in Omaha. 94.5% in all voted for one of those two options.

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USA Swimming’s Olympic Trials Qualifier List by the Numbers

USA Swimming released a new Trials qualifier list this week updated with all swims through June 7th. This is likely…

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Michael Phelps Gold Cover Olympic Preview Issue is Almost Gone

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NBC Olympics Releases Dancing Video Featuring Our Favorite Swimmers

A new NBC video features our favorite Olympic swimmers such as Ryan Lochte, Matt Grevers, and Missy Franklin.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Previews: Great Depth In Women’s 100 Free

The race for the top 6 spots should be extremely close, and we may see at least 8 swimmers under the 54 barrier. The race for and individual Olympic bid in this event will be even more exciting, with the likes of Franklin, Manuel, Weitzeil, Coughlin, and possibly Ledecky contesting for a top 2 finish.

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Missy: My endurance is right where it needs to be (Video)

Missy Franklin dropped a second from her morning swim in the women’s 100 back, clocking a 1:00.50 to win the event tonight

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2016 Arena Pro Swim Series – Santa Clara: Day 3 Finals Recap (Video)

Find a video recap of the final night in Santa Clara here from commentators Rowdy Gaines and Jason Knapp.

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2016 Longhorn Elite Invite: Day 3 Finals Race Videos

Find race videos from day 3 finals at the Longhorn Elite Invite here.

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Conor Dwyer, Katie Ledecky Win PSS Titles, DiRado Gets the Car

Conor Dwyer finalized his third-straight Arena Pro Swim Series title this past weekend with 8 more points in Santa Clara.

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Combined Results: Pro Swim Series and Longhorn Elite Invite Day 3

Because the top swimmers in the nation are spread out this weekend, we’ve put together a list of the top 5 Americans in each race across all 3 meets to compare where the swimmers are at as they head towards Trials.

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5 Big Things From Day 3 of Arena Pro Swim Series – Santa Clara

This weekend in Santa Clara, Team USA’s Ryan Murphy and Australia’s Mitch Larkin gave us a preview of a potential rivalry in the backstroke events in Rio.

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